"I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong

John Gilbert TRENT

doi:10.4324/9781003493235-3

"I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong

John Gilbert TRENT

Department of English Language Education (ELE)

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives
Editors	Mostafa NAZARI
Place of Publication	New York, United States
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	11-33
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003493235
ISBN (Print)	9781032795720, 9781032796536
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003493235-3
Publication status	Published - 2026

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10.4324/9781003493235-3

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TRENT, J. G. (2026). "I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong. In M. NAZARI (Ed.), Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives (pp. 11-33). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003493235-3

"I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong. / TRENT, John Gilbert.
Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives. ed. / Mostafa NAZARI. New York, United States: Routledge, 2026. p. 11-33.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters

TRENT, JG 2026, "I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong. in M NAZARI (ed.), Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives. Routledge, New York, United States, pp. 11-33. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003493235-3

TRENT JG. "I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong. In NAZARI M, editor, Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives. New York, United States: Routledge. 2026. p. 11-33 Epub 2025 Aug. doi: 10.4324/9781003493235-3

TRENT, John Gilbert. / "I'm not sure if teaching is really me!": Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong. Novice non-native English language teachers navigating agency: International perspectives. editor / Mostafa NAZARI. New York, United States : Routledge, 2026. pp. 11-33

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